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Chinese symbol for “inheritance”

遗产
yí chǎn
Traditional: 遺產
heritage; legacy; inheritance; bequest

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inheritance is 遗产 (yí chǎn), defined as: heritage; legacy; inheritance; bequest; 笔 (bǐ).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

遗 yí
to lose; a lost article
radical 162 ⾡ · 12 strokes
产 chǎn
to give birth, to bring forth, to produce
radical 8 ⼇ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “inheritance”

WordPinyinMeaning
传承 (傳承)chuán chéngto pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times)
世袭 (世襲)shì xísuccession; inheritance

Related words

Other words that share a character with 遗产.

WordPinyinMeaning
遗憾 (遺憾)yí hànregret; to regret
遗址 (遺址)yí zhǐruins; historic relics
遗传 (遺傳)yí chuánheredity; to inherit (a trait)
遗体 (遺體)yí tǐremains (of a dead person)
遗忘 (遺忘)yí wàngto forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore
生产 (生產)shēng chǎnto produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
产品 (產品)chǎn pǐngoods; merchandise
产生 (產生)chǎn shēngto arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate

See also: Japanese symbol for “inheritance”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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